(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) China said Tuesday it welcomes India's newly-appointed special representative on border talks with China and expects a new round of border talks with India soon, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
"We are willing to hold a new round of special representatives' talks on border issues at an appropriate time, and push forward the settlement of the problem based on the principles and consensus reached by both sides in previous talks," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying was quoted as saying at a press conference in Beijing. Ajit Doval, a national security advisor, was appointed to the role by the Indian government on Monday.
"Currently, the talks between both countries' special representatives have entered a crucial stage, with an initial agreement reached," Hua said. "To settle the border problem between China and India at an early date meets both countries' common interests and the strategic target agreed by both state leaders," she said.
China and India share a 2,000-km-long border that has not been formally delineated. The two countries had a border conflict in 1962. The two countries established special representative meetings in 2003 as an important platform for resolving border disputes.
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